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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2011, 1:39 PM MDT for Sioux County, Nebraska. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2011, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2011, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
County Sioux County, NE
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 10:56 AM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 10:56 AM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:59 AM MDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 559 AM MDT WED AUG 10 2011 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-111200- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 559 AM MDT WED AUG 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. A FEW THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDELY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE JAMSKI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 10, 12:49 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1249 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 N WHEATLAND 42.20N 104.96W
08/09/2011 PLATTE WY UTILITY COMPANY
FIVE POWER POLES KNOCKED DOWN STARTING AT INTERSECTION OF
WYOMING 320 AND US HIGHWAY 26 AND GOING TO THE EAST.
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL SO DEEP HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE
CALLED TO PLOW ROAD. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED.
&&
HUTCHEONSpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 1:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 139 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011 NEZ002-095-WYZ102-102045- DAWES NE-NIOBRARA COUNTY WY-NORTH SIOUX NE- 139 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SIOUX...SOUTHEASTERN NIOBRARA AND WESTERN DAWES COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT... AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARRISON...OR 18 MILES EAST OF LUSK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HARRISON... FORT ROBINSON... HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 4281 10341 4255 10349 4272 10422 4290 10416 TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 283DEG 20KT 4279 10407 GRIFFITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Platte | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie, Platte | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 7:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Goshen, Laramie | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 8:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:25 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | CYS | 13 hr | |
| Aug 10, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Laramie | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Laramie | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 9:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 10:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 2:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Morrill | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Sioux | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 4:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Box Butte, Morrill | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Morrill | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Banner | 68 min |
| Aug 10, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Kimball | 64 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.